Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 73-76 , April 2006

Ontogeny of Autonomic Regulation in Late Preterm Infants Born at 34-37 Weeks Postmenstrual Age

  • Carl E. Hunt, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Carl E. Hunt, MD, National Center on Sleep Disorders Research, 6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 6022, Bethesda, MD 20892-7993.

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PII: S0146-0005(06)00031-0

doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2006.02.005

Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 73-76 , April 2006